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Detail of wrapper - EXCHANGE IN SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE OROKAIVA (schwimmer5p 150/229 SCHW5)
Schwimmer, Erik. EXCHANGE IN SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF THE OROKAIVA. Traditional and Emergent Ideologies in the Northern District of Papua. BNo. 0-207-12726-3. First Edition, (nd)(ca 1972). Pp: x, 244; 230mm x 150mm; 0.55kg. 8 fig, 15 tab, 2 maps. Acknowledgments, epilogue, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: g. (small patch discolouration front wrap). Angus and Robertson (Publishers) Pty Ltd, Sydney, ca 1972. (The present work is basically an ethnography: no theory of exchange is offered, but only an analysis of ethnographic data, indicating how Orokaiva conceive of the exchange of certain objects in which they have special interest) (Keywords: Ethnography, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua, Orokaiva).
Book Code: J121 AU$55
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Seligmann, C.G. THE MELANESIANS OF BRITISH NEW GUINEA. Utilising material collected in 1904 on the Daniels Ethnographical Expedition. BNo. n/a. First Edition 1910. Pp: xxiv, 766; 240mm x 150mm; 1.80kg. 79 b/w(pl), 50 fig, 1 tab, 1 map. Preface, introduction, appendices I and II, glossary, index. A good copy in original green/grey-cloth boards. Uncut pages. Cvr: g. (some marking and foxing). University Press, Cambridge, 1910. (A chapter by F.R. Barton and an appendix by E.L. Giblin. Apart from the bulk of material from the Daniels Expedition there are some notes from the 1898 Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to the Torres Strait) (Keywords: Ethnology, anthropology, Waima, marea, Kaivakuku, Rarai, Diumana, Aipiana, Murua, Trobriand,Misima).
Book Code: M528 AU$1950
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Detail of wrapper - KANDILA - Samo Ceremonialism and Interpersonal Relationships (shaw5p 150/225 SHAW5)
Shaw, R. Daniel. KANDILA. Samo Ceremonialism and Interpersonal Relationships. BNo. 0-472-09426-2. First Edition, 1993. Pp: xiv, 227; 230mm x150mm; 0.68kg. 31 b/w(pl), 15 fig, 2 maps, 7 tab. Acknowledgments, introduction, appendix, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. The University of Michigan Press, Michigan, 1993. (This book discusses the three-day initiation ceremony of the Samo people who inhabit the East Strickland Plain of Papua New Guinea) (Keywords: Anthropology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Samo, Sokabi, Tolo, Kwobi).
Book Code: H086 AU$18
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Shineberg, Dorothy. THEY CAME FOR SANDALWOOD. A Study of the Sandalwood Trade in the South-West Pacific - 1830-1865. BNo. 67-30710. First Edition, 1967. Pp: xiv, 299; 215mm x 135mm; 0.56kg. 23 b/w, 1 fig, 2 maps. Acknowledgments, 3 appendices, abbreviations, references, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1967. (This account of the sandalwood trade describes the first regular contact between Europeans and the Melanesians of New Caledonia, the New Hebrides (Vanuatu), and the Loyalty Islands) (Keywoods: Cultural history, Pacific, Melanesia, New Caledonia).
Book Code: C150 AU$35
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Detail of wrapper of GIVE AND TAKE - Exchange in Wola Society (sillitoe1p 150/229 SILL01)
Sillitoe, Paul. GIVE AND TAKE. Exchange in Wola Society. BNo. 0-7081-1805-4. First Edition, 1979. Pp: xx, 316; 215mm x 135mm; 0.60kg. 15 b/w, 46 fig, 18 tab, 4 maps. Preface, note on language, appendix, references, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. (minor wear on wrap; pastedown on fep). Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1979. (This book is an analysis of a New Guinea Highlands people and their society order which is based on the exchange of wealth) (Keywords: Anthropology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Highlands, Wola).
Book Code: N227 SOLD - now out of stock AU$45
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Detail of wrapper - MADE IN NIUGINI - Technology in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (sillitoe02p 170/223 SILL02)
Sillitoe, Paul. MADE IN NIUGINI. Technology in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. BNo. 0-7141-1584-3. First Edition, 1988. Pp: xvi, 636; 280mm x 220mm; 2.67kg. 396 b/w, 235 fig, 327 tab, 2 maps. Preface, appendices I & II, references, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. (minor wear on cvr & dw). British Museum Publications Limited, London, 1988. (This book is a thorough and comprehensive study of the material culture of the Wola people of the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The book includes a detailed inventory of the 169 artifacts that comprise the material assemblage of the region; their form and how they are used; and how they are manufactured and from what materials) (Keywords: Ethnology, material culture, Pacific, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Highlands, Wola).
Book Code: P368 AU$48
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Detail of wrapper of THE OUTSIDE MAN - Jack Hides of Papua
Sinclair, James. THE OUTSIDE MAN. Jack Hides of Papua. BNo. 68-1550. First Edition, 1969. Pp: xiv, 274; 240mm x 150mm; 0.82kg. 35 b/w, 1 map(fd). Foreword, acknowledgments, prologue, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Landowne Press Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1969. (This book is the life story of Jack Hides who was one of the great Australian adventurers of the twentieth century. It also describes an epic patrol lasting many months across the Strickland onto the Papuan grasslands) (Keywords: Exploration, Pacific, Melanesia, Strickland River, Papua, New Guinea).
Book Code: D555 AU$48
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Swadling, Pamela. PLUMES FROM PARADISE. Trade cycles in outer Southeast Asia and their impact on New Guinea and nearby islands until 1920. BNo. 9980-85-103-1. First Edition, 1996. Pp: 352; 260mm x 185mm; 1.35kg. 9 col, 31 b/w, 24 fig, 20 tab, 41 maps. Conventions followed, acknowledgments, contributions, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Papua New Guinea National Museum, Boroko, Papua New Guinea, 1996. (This book describes the history of many trade cycles and changing trade relationships between New Guinea and Asia and Europe. The main emphasis of the book is on the plume trade and trade links and the boom which ended in the 1920s) (Keywords: Trade, social anthropology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, natural history).
Book Code: K496 SOLD - now out of stock AU$50
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